Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi equation

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Author: Dr. Guido Altarelli, CERN, Department of Physics, Theory Division, Genève, Switzerland

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Dr. Guido Altarelli accepted the invitation on 4 May 2008 (self-imposed deadline: 4 November 2008).

DGLAP (Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi) equation refers to the Evolution equation (in the energy scale chosen for their definition) for parton densities (probability densities to find a quark or a gluon in the proton) valid in the theory of the strong interations (Quantum ChromoDynamics)


Author: Dr. Guido Altarelli, CERN, Department of Physics, Theory Division, Genève, Switzerland
Suggested by: Dr. Riccardo Guida, Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA, IPhT, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; CNRS, URA 2306, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Invited by: Dr. Eugene M. Izhikevich, Editor-in-Chief of Scholarpedia, the free peer reviewed encyclopedia
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